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Patent-ed 1360.23, 1884.

IINTTED STATES JOSEPH A. KIRCHNER AND FRANK I. KIRCHNER, OF ALLEGIIENY, IA.

NECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,719, dated December 23, 1884.

Application filed January 2l, 18S-l,

.To [all whom, it 71mg/ concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH A. KIRCHNER. and FRANK I. KIRCHNER, both of the city of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, -have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck-lVcar; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a rear view of the frame andthe spring-loop-hingcd thereto, and Figs. 2 and'S are similar views of modified forms ofthe same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

Our invention relates to the construction of that class of frames or foundations for scarfs,` neckties, &c., wherein the fabric is folded and detachably attached to the frame, so as to be readily removed and replaced for washing the fabric or renewing the same. It has for its object to provide a frame having in itself,` all the elements requisite for securely holding the fabric upon or to the frame without the necessity of sewing or confining the fabric by extraneous means.

To this end it consists, mainly, in a frame or foundation having loops to confine the middle portion or body of the fabric composing the scarf or knot, and a needle or needles to con- Yline the free end or ends of the knot fabric,-

and, secondarily, in details of construction, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

We will now proceed to describe oui-'invention more fully, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

This frame a should be formed in the general shape that it is desired the formed tie shall assume, and in Fig. 1 it is shown formed of wires bent and joined together, having an upper transverse bar, b, at the ends of which the side bars, c, are rigidly joined, these bars Gextending upward slightly and then back on themselves, forming the open loops d d at the two upper corners of the frame, and thence at an oblique angle from the bar b to the ends of the bars ff, to which they are united. These bars f f extend at an angle somewhat greater than a right angle to a point at or near the ends of the bottom bar, g,which is parallel to the top bar, b. At the ends of the bar gare (No model.)

ject slightly above the meetingpoint with the bars c c, forming blunt pins Hinged to the bar g are the cross-bars l: k, to the ends of which are hinged the ends of the wire Z, which is bent so as to form three inverted Vs, the middle one of which serves as a loop,which fits over the collar-button when the tieis worn, while the others and the cross-wires 7c k together form an elastic spring.

This frame may be transferred into a made or formed necktie or cravat from any loose scarf or piece of cloth, as follows: The cloth, being in width a little more than half the distance between the loopsd and the pins/, is placed back of the frame, the upper edge of the cloth coming under the loops d d. The two ends of the cloth are then folded over the front of the frame and across each other, so that the lower edge of the cloth shall come above the pins t' Ii and the upper edges of the ends of the cloth shall engage with the pins h h and be secured tightly on the frame thereby. The tie is then ready for use, and the cloth may be removed therefrom and a new covering substituted at pleasure. Although the frame alone may bc employed, as described, the space between the bars may be filled with leather, card-board, or other material.

In Fig. 3 the frame is shown formed of cardboard or other stiff material, in the upper part of which, extending from the upper edge longitudinally downward,are slits m m, and at the lower edge of the frame is a metal binding, n, which secures the needles h h, and to which the spring-loop is hinged.

In forming the tie the cloth is placed on the frontface of the portion o of the frame between the slits m m, the cloth passing through the slits to therear face of the tie. The cloth is then folded over the edges s sand carried over the face of the frame to the pins h 7l, as in the form of frame shown in Fig., l.

In Fig. 2 the frame is formed in the shape of a convex shield of sheet metal or other suitable material, and on the rear or concave side is a V-shaped bar, t, the ends of which are attached to the upper corners of the shield. At the lower corners of the shield are the securing-pins h, extending between which is a IOC) wire bar, u, to which the spring-loop is hinged. The cloth, which is in width equal to the length of the shield, is folded over the face of the shield and secured at its lower edge by the pins hh. The ends of the cloth `rare then passed back of the shield above the bar t, and thence down between the bar t and the rear face of the shield.

The upper bar, b, as shown in Figs. l and 2, may be bent so as to form an open loop or V, zu, which shall engage under the collar-button, while the spring-loop z engages over the button, and thereby the tie, when worn, is kept in its proper position.

The advantages of our invention are that 'the tie is formed rapidly and with ease from any piece of cloth, and that the eloth,when it becomes worn or dirty, is easily reinoved and another piece substituted therefor.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

l. A frame or foundation for neck-wea1,l1av ing knot-loops above,and needle-points below the knot-loops for securing the knot fabric, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

2. A frame or foundation for neck-wealghaw ing knot-loops above, needle-points below the knot-loops for securing the knot fabric, and

a spring button-l0op pivoted on the frame,

JOSEPH A. KIRCHNER. FRANK l. KIRCHNER.

Vitnesses:

XV. B. CoRwiN, L. C. FITLER. 

